The vision-strike conversion: Neural control of the predatory strike behavior in stomatopods

Información del proyecto

EYEPOD

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 702238

DOI

10.3030/702238

Proyecto finalizado el 30 Julio 2018

Fecha de la firma de la CE 18 Marzo 2016

Fecha de inicio 1 Agosto 2016

Fecha de finalización 5 Septiembre 2018

Financiado con arreglo a

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Coste total

€ 195 454,80

Aportación de la UE

€ 195 454,80

Coordinado por

THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
United Kingdom

Objetivo

Controlling how the body is propelled through space is paramount for survival of most animals. Many species, including humans, use feedback from their visual and proprioceptive systems to correct or confirm body movements. However, feedback is limited to events that form part of the past. For many high performance behaviors, such as catching a fast incoming ball, the appropriate movement must be 1. anticipated from a short observation period and 2. actuated without sensory feedback.
Understanding how visual information is processed and re-coded in a predictive manner for the purpose of movement implementation is a fundamental question in neuroscience. Such ballistic movements have been studied in predatory species, however previous investigations on the neural basis of such behaviour focus on the early circuits. Much less is known about the sensorimotor conversion of this behaviour.
Here I propose to investigate the sensorimotor control of the fastest predatory strike on earth, boasted by stomatopods. This work will yield novel insights and fill the current knowledge gap on the neural basis of anticipatory and ballistic movements. As one of the few world experts in the field of stomatopod visual ecology, I am uniquely qualified to initiate this line of research.
This project utilizes both my expertise as a stomatopod visual ecologist and the expertise of my host supervisor, Paloma Gonzalez-Bellido, who is a leader in the use of behavioural, histological, and electrophysiological techniques to study sensorimotor conversion in predatory insects. Using a combination of our expertise, I will address three specific questions related to the vision-strike conversion in the stomatopod nervous system:
1.) What are the neural controls for releasing stomatopod ballistic strikes?
2.) Which dimensions of visual stimuli influence the stomatopod strike decision-making process?
3.) What are common themes among arthropods for the neural control of anticipatory movements?

Ámbito científico (EuroSciVoc)

• ciencias naturales › ciencias biológicas › neurobiología
• ciencias naturales › ciencias físicas › óptica › microscopía
• ciencias naturales › ciencias biológicas › ciencias biológicas del comportamiento › etología › interacción biológica
• ciencias naturales › ciencias biológicas › zoología › entomología
• ciencias naturales › ciencias físicas › física teórica › física de partículas › fotones

Palabras clave

• Visual ecology
• Neuroethology
• crustacean

Programa(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions PROGRAMA PRINCIPAL
  
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
  

Tema(s)

• MSCA-IF-2015-EF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF)
  

Régimen de financiación

MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)

Convocatoria de propuestas

H2020-MSCA-IF-2015

Coordinador

THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

• Aportación neta de la UEn: € 195 454,80
• Dirección: TRINITY LANE THE OLD SCHOOLS ; CB2 1TN CAMBRIDGE ; Reino Unido
• Región: East of England › East Anglia › Cambridgeshire CC
• Tipo de actividad: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Coste total: € 195 454,80